The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1887-07-27
A Remarkable Trip.
New York rimus. July. Il, Issz.l

Hon. Wolfe Rahill, of Chicago, looking
for all the world as though he had just
issued from the proverbial handbook,
was stumbled over last nightat the Wind
sor Hotel, where he was engaged in
searching the tape line for the last quo
tation for July wheat. The set of Mr..
Rahills claw-hammer coat was faultless !;
his shirt-bosom, from the front of which
a lustrous opal shot forth moonlike rays,
was immaculate and unrunpled while
his trousers, marked by that latest freak
of gentlemanly folly, the Prince Of Wales
crease, fitted him in a way that at once
filed with envy all the heavy swells of
Gotham who were buzzing about the
wide corridors.
1T beats the world Mr. Rahill re-
marked, looking up from the paper rib
bon that he held between his thumb and
fore-iinger, it is the greatest accomplish
ment of the century
The Chicago wheat deal 9n queried
his listener, in vain effort to catch his
drift.
"Nonsense - he returned, dropping
the line, and thrusting both hands into
his trousers pockets 'The Chicago
wheat deal is an old story. The same
thing has been done over and over again.
No sir; was speaking ot the train on
I which | left Chicago last evening. and on
which | came into Jersey City tonight
one of the new Vestibuled Trains that
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
I just put on between the two cities. It's
the novelty Of the age, it's the-but stop,
let me tell you about it, and you yourself
viii have TO hunt for terms sufficiently
/ glowing to describe it. came back 10
I Chicago yesterday afternoon, after busi-
I ness trip west as far as Omaha | was
dusty, dirty, and weary, and longed for
4 nothing 80 much as a bath and a good,
sound sleep. ! was tired of the rumble
and rattle of the ears, the flying cinders,
the eramped sitting posture, the dust over
everything, the railroad lunch-rooms and
the railroad sandwiches. | made up my
mind that would settle down in Chicsl-
20 and never stir out Of it again until
had to. Well what do you suppose hap
pened2 When at O'Clock | rushed into |
my office in State street, and dropped into I
my chair, there among the letters on my
desk before me / found an invitation 10
a friends wedding in New York. Time, /
tonight 7.30. l rallied at my unlueky
stars. Much as despised railroad trav-
cling, / would have gone double the dis I
tance to have seen that man married I
In days gone by we were as Damon and /
Pythias- l stated the case to my partner
and growled like seven bears because
had not come home day earlier.
= Well said my partner, after mo-
ments' hesitation, if you'd stoplgrowling
and hustle about little you might get |
there YETI
Man alivep exclaimed, You're era I
zy. The Pennsylvania Railroads New /
York and Chicago Limited, which makes /
the fastest time of any tain east, leaves /
in less than an hour, and does not ar /
rive in New York until o'clock to-mor- I
row night. The wedding takes place in a .
church somewhere up Madison avenue. /
Now. how in the name Of Heaven could /
| get shaved, put on dress suit, and ride
to the church in half an hour 2
80 You're behind the century, said
Tom-Tom's my partner, you know.
Trust this matter to me, and III have
YOU there before the organist strikes up
the wedding march, or you can call on
me for 10000 bushels of July wheatat 10
Well, just put myself trustingly into
his hands. The first thing he did was to
start a messenger off to my house with
my satchel, with instructions 10 put in
my dress clothes and two changes of un-
derwear, and % be at the Union Station
at 5 O'Clock sharp. The next thing he
did was to secure section for me on the
Pennsylvania Ne.tibuled Train for that
afternoon and it was only by luck that
he got it. Everything, believe, had
been engaged for days ahead, but some
body, who couldn't go, brought back his
ticket, and so was saved At o'clock,
still dusty, dirty and weary, | climbed
into the most luxurious ear it has ever
been my good fortune to ride in. | found
that the section of which was the lucky
possessor for the trip, was little, deli
ciously upholstered drawing-room, with
cushions and hangings of tint that |
think have seen described somewhere
as crushed strawberry. The fittings were
of satin wood, and the ceiling was deco
rated in silver. There were silvered
lighting arrangements. too. Not gas brsIek
cts. nv friend. for that whole train Is IL
Illuminated by electricity. Well, found
that there was toilet-room connected
with that section OF mine, which, togeth-
er with the section, could be cut eff from
the rest of the train, and so if l wanted
privacy could have I'll / wanted. did
want il, because had numberof letters
with me that had found at the office
anu tlistl lldsl tip 10
before ] started | shut myself in for
while with my letters, after washing my
face and hands, and getting the porter TO
give me a thorough brushing.
Then became aware of the fact that |
was hungry, and so made inquiry as to
the dining ear. II was forward, was !
told. and 50 stroiled thither, passing
through another car on my way. Al
though we were running at the rate OF
fiftv miles an hour, there was no neces-
sity Of catching hold of the seats to steady
myself as | went. That train glided
along AS smoothly rs u sleigh on polished
runners over harl-paeked snow, and
walked from one end of it as / walk ,
through this corridor | found, the rest
of the sleeping car in which was Ioea-
ted was upholstered in gea,dar1ae blue,
with woodwork of Hungarian mahogany !
and was delightful change from what
had been used to on the western roads.
The vestibule arrangement | found to be
a most charming innovation. In passing ,
from car to car, there was no banging to
of the door with one hand. holding ones
hat to keep it from flying off, and then
making grab for the handle of the next I
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